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This page lists community-provided tutorials for beginners to Factorio. Please feel free to add your own, or ones you feel would be useful to readers. Also feel free to remove outdated tutorials.
This page lists community-provided tutorials for beginners to Factorio. Please feel free to add your own, or ones you feel would be useful to readers. Also feel free to remove outdated tutorials.


== List of On-Wiki Tutorials ==
== List of On-Wiki Tutorials ==
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! !! Version !! Date !! Comment
! !! Version !! Date !! Comment
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta6PnPC7MOI Priority Splitters: Maximum Throughput off your Main Bus]
| v0.15
| 2017-06-05
| Single video about Priority Splitters
|-
|-
| [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAByAGXor8kupthBUIkQ_1Qvb9cSrDH6z CaptainKonzept's Factorio Video Tutorials]
| [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAByAGXor8kupthBUIkQ_1Qvb9cSrDH6z CaptainKonzept's Factorio Video Tutorials]
| v0.13
| v0.13
| 2016-09-03
| 2016-09-03
| Circuit Logic, Smart Steam Power, Smart Oil Cracking, Smart Trains and more
| Video series about Circuit Logic, Smart Steam Power, Smart Oil Cracking, Smart Trains and more
|-
| [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=5360 Bentham's Factorio Videos]
| v0.10
| 2014-08-14
| Oil, Trains, Burner inserters
|-
| [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=5316 Negative Root's Factorio Tutorials on Youtube]
| v0.10.6
| 2014-08-12
|
|-
| [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3818 A series of tutorials to help new players]
| v0.8
| 2014-05-24
|
|-
| [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=13360 Tutorials series in Portuguese (BR)]
| v0.11.22
| 2015-07-06
|
|}
 
=== Joseki (Starting moves) ===
 
For example the coal joseki: Two burner miners fill themselves on a coal field.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! !! Version !! Date !! Comment
|-
| [http://youtu.be/uVvkfXZxy84?list=PL-7ICWbZUDjn_j0tcYVMm0tcm0OgOFDsJ The early game]
| v0.10.6
| 2014-08-1
|
|-
| [http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4406 Tips for a quick start]
| v0.9
| 2014-06-18
|
|}
|}


=== Starting strategies ===
=== Starting strategies ===
[[File:Starting_screen.PNG|thumb|right|Your starting items, [[Iron Plate|Iron Plates]], a [[Burner Mining Drill]] and a [[Stone Furnace]] ]]
{{Main|Tutorial:Quick start guide}}
 
[[File:Starting_screen.PNG|thumb|right|Your starting items, [[iron plate]]s, a [[burner mining drill]] and a [[stone furnace]] ]]
As the [[player]] is spawned, they start with a small array of items; including 8 [[Iron Plate|Iron Plates]], a [[Burner Mining Drill]] and a [[Stone Furnace]], using these tools the player will be able to cultivate nearby resources of [[Coal]], a type of fuel that can be used to power your Stone Furnace and Burner Mining Drills.
 
You can use the Burner Mining Drill to mine nearby [[Iron ore|Iron]], [[Copper ore|Copper]] and [[Coal|Coal]]
 


http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=6627
As the [[player]] is spawned, they start with a small array of items: 8 [[iron plate]]s, a [[burner mining drill]] and a [[stone furnace]], using these tools the player will be able to cultivate nearby resources of [[coal]], a type of fuel that can be used to power your Stone Furnace and Burner Mining Drills.


You can use the burner mining drill to mine nearby [[Iron ore|iron]], [[Copper ore|copper]] and [[Coal|coal]]


=== Exploring the map ===
=== Exploring the map ===
Whilst the map the player is dropped into is randomly generated at world creation, eventually exploring the map will prove vitally important to securing further resources, e.g. [[Iron ore]], [[Copper ore]].
Whilst the map the player is dropped into is randomly generated at world creation, eventually exploring the map will prove vitally important to securing further resources, e.g. [[iron ore]], [[copper ore]].The map can be explored using a [[radar]], or by searching the area using your character, though [[enemies]] may be a hazard for any explorers.
 
As of Version 0.11.1, there are only two methods to exploring the world. This is either through the use of a [[Radar]], or simply by searching the area using your character, though [[Enemies]] may be a hazard for any explorers.
 
=== The Oil Network ===
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiYMgxd_iFg&list=PLAByAGXor8kupthBUIkQ_1Qvb9cSrDH6z&index=2 Smart Oil Processing - How to Keep Your Tanks from Overflowing (Video)] As of 0.15 obsolete due to fluid wagons.
 
=== Emergency Steam Generator ===
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV1__A7YCBw&list=PLAByAGXor8kupthBUIkQ_1Qvb9cSrDH6z&index=4 Smart Steam Power - How to use Solar-Charged Accumulators Instead of Coal / Emergency Steam Power (Video)]
 
=== Priority Splitter ===
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta6PnPC7MOI Priority Splitters: Maximum Throughput off your Main Bus (Video)]
 
=== Train ===
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXr7y02ZG00 Rail Signaling - Easy Rules for Placing Signals (Video)]
* [https://wiki.factorio.com/Railway/Signal/Tutorial| Railway Signal Tutorial]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z0flAe3fWY&list=PLAByAGXor8kupthBUIkQ_1Qvb9cSrDH6z&index=1 Smart Trains - Stop Conditions and the Circuit Network (Video)]
 
== Tips ==
=== General resource strategies ===
http://www.factorioforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=6667&p=52272&hilit=Production+surplus#p52272


[[Category:Tutorial]]
[[Category:Tutorial]]
[[Category:English page]]

Revision as of 10:01, 7 August 2017


This page lists community-provided tutorials for beginners to Factorio. Please feel free to add your own, or ones you feel would be useful to readers. Also feel free to remove outdated tutorials.

List of On-Wiki Tutorials

List of community tutorials

Note that due to the community-driven nature of this page, the videos cannot be reliably checked for quality.

Version Date Comment
Priority Splitters: Maximum Throughput off your Main Bus v0.15 2017-06-05 Single video about Priority Splitters
CaptainKonzept's Factorio Video Tutorials v0.13 2016-09-03 Video series about Circuit Logic, Smart Steam Power, Smart Oil Cracking, Smart Trains and more

Starting strategies

Main article: Tutorial:Quick start guide
Your starting items, iron plates, a burner mining drill and a stone furnace

As the player is spawned, they start with a small array of items: 8 iron plates, a burner mining drill and a stone furnace, using these tools the player will be able to cultivate nearby resources of coal, a type of fuel that can be used to power your Stone Furnace and Burner Mining Drills.

You can use the burner mining drill to mine nearby iron, copper and coal

Exploring the map

Whilst the map the player is dropped into is randomly generated at world creation, eventually exploring the map will prove vitally important to securing further resources, e.g. iron ore, copper ore.The map can be explored using a radar, or by searching the area using your character, though enemies may be a hazard for any explorers.